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ALLEN P. CHEQUE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WASHBOWL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,192, dated February 21, 189B.

Application filed June 28, 1887. Serial No. 242,708. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALLEN P. CHEQUE, of New York, county and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Washbowls, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a speciticatiomlike letters on the drawings representing like parte.

My invention relating to lavatory apparatus, such for instance as washbowls, bath tubs, dsc., is hereinafter specificallydescribed with relation to a wash-bowl.

iVash-bowls have heretofore been provided with an independent hot and cold water faucet, located above the bowl so as to discharge water into the said bowl from above, the outlet of the said bowl being closed, when the bowl is to be filled, byacap or plug generally attached to a chain fastened usually to a chain stay located above.

One object of this invention is to dispense with the independent faucets above the bowl. To do this practically, I provide the washbowl-with an auxiliary chamber communicating with the bottom portion of the said bowl and with the overiiow pipe, the said chamber containinga valve casing preferably having a hot and cold water inlet and a discharge or outlet passage controlled by a Valve, preferably having a hollow stem which is extended above the bowl, where it is provided with a handle having a pointer to register with a suitable dial, and clamped preferably to the slab above the bowl, the pointer and dial indicating in which direction to turn the said handle when it is desired to till the bowl with hot or cold water, or a mixture of both, or to shut off the iiow of water into the bowl.

Another feature of my invention consists in dispensing with the usual cap or plug by which the outlet of the wash-bowl is closed when it is desired to till the said'" bowl, the said cap or plug being now commonly attached by a chain to a chain stay located above the bowl. rlhis feature of my invention I accomplish by means of .,a. tube or pipe adapted to be inserted into the outlet lpipe of the bowl, the said tube or pipe having; at its inner end a cap adapted to lie iiush rwiththe interiorof the bowl, thus preventing exit of water in the bowl'through the outlet* pipe when the said tube is in its normal position.

mal position to permit the escape of water from the bowl preferably by mechanism,

herein shown as a pinion engaging a rack at the side of the said discharge tube, the said pinion being on the end'of a shaft extended through the lower part of the over-dow pipe, and supported in bearings therein, the said shaft being joined byapreferably steel spiral spring, or a piece of wire extended through the over-flow pipe and fastened to one end of a spindle or shaft passed through the hollow stem of the valve controllingthe inlet of water to the bowl, the latter spindle or shaft being extended above the base portion of the handle of the valve referred to, and being provided with a handle by which it may be turned to raise or lower the discharge tube. ,The discharge tube is herein shown as provided at its lower end with a seal, composed preferably of p rubber rings or disks substantially such as shown in my application Serial No. 242,709 tiled June 2S, 1887, the said seal not being herein claimed broadly.

The particular features in which vmy invention consists will be pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

-Figure l in section and elevation shows a wash-bowl constructed in accordance with my invention, the discharge tube and the mechanism for operating it being in elevation, the discharge tube being in its normal position with the bowl containing water. Fig. 2 shows the discharge tube partially elevated to afford an outlet for the water in the bowl. Fig. 3 shows the position occupied by the discharge tube at night. Figs. 4E and 5 details showing the construction of the bowl. Figs. G, 7 and S details of the valve and its casing on an enlarged scale. Figs. 9 and l0 modified forms of the pipe section, on an enlarged scale, into which the pinion engaging the rack on the discharge tube is inserted. Fig. 1l a top or plan view of Fig. l0, and Fig. 12. a detail to be referred to.

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The bowl A of porcelain or other suitable material has an outlet ot made to form a shoulder a', see Fig. 5, upon which restsa packing ring a2, constituting a seat for a nozzle a3 extended through the outlet a and having screw threads to engage a clamping device, herein shown as a ring a6, a packing-ringer7 being interposed between the ring a6, and the base of the bowl A. The nozzle a3 receives within it, the end of a pipe section 1) having a iiange 1) between which and the ring a is a packing ring 172, the said pipe section being maintained in position by bolts 193 extended through the segment b4 and the flange 135 on the ring a, all substantially as in my application referred to.

The pipe section 1) has an angular extension or branch 196 made tapering atits endas herein shown, tobe embraced by the end of the pipe 127, the latter being secured to the said branch pipe, as shown, by a threaded collar 198. rllhe pipe section 11 has an annular bulge or projection 199 forming a passage 1710, which communicates with and forms an extension of the branch pipe 196, an extension 512 of the pipe section 19 being carried across the branch pipeb toleave the outlet of the said branch pipeof substantially the same areav in cross section as the passage 1910, for a purpose to be hereinafter-set forth. The pipe 1?? is connected at its other end to a plate c upon which rests a casing o', secured as shown by bolts c2, the saidcasing being also secured to the bowl A byfbolts c3, see Fig. 2, the interior of the said casing forming an auxiliary chamber c4 whichfis rendered water tight by a packing c5 the pipes 197 forming the overflow pipe for the'auxiliary chamber. The chamber c4 contains within it avalve casing c, preferably forming part of the casing c which is provided preferably with a hot and cold water topslab d of the bowl, see Fig.,3, the said.

hollow valve stein having a handle d2 by which thevalvefmay be turned to permit eitherhot or cold water, or a mixture'of both to flow into the bowl A, the said handle having an index or iinger dito register with grad uations on the upper face of the iange C14 of the cap c1, see Fig. l2. herein shown as screwed into the valve casing orga-.packing d6 being interposed between the saidvalve and the cap d5. The hollow valve c7 and its stem 012 have extended through them a spindle or rod (17, which is extended up through the base of the handle C12 where it is provided with a handle C18, the other end of thesaid spindle being extended through the plate d5 and having secured to itone end of a preferably spiral steel spring or spiral shaft di), the other end of the said spring being fastened to one end of a spindle or shaft C110.

The shaft d10 is supported in suitable bear-` ings d andisextended into anoffsetl portion The hollow. valve c7 rests upon a plate 015,

l0. The shaft C110 has mounted on its end in the offset portion e113, a pinon C114 projecting through an opening into pipe 1J and adapted to engage a rack 115 at one side of the discharge pipe c of the bowl A, the said discharge l pipe being lnade as a tube, the said rack traveling in a groove e made in the pipe 1) shown by dotted lines Fig. lO. 1

The pipe e is fitted into the nozzle a3 and pipe section 1), so as to be readily removed therefrom if desired. The pipe eatits upper end, is provided with a cap e2 shaped to fit the nozzle as when the pipe e is in its normal position to enable the bowl to be filled, see Fig. l. The pipe e, below the cap e2, has one or more ports or openings e3 through which water in the bowl is permitted t0 escape when the pipe e isdrawn slightly above the bottom of the bowl, as shown in- Fig.l 2, the water passing through` the ports e3 into the pipe e and thence as shown into the trap formed by the pipes e4, e5, tittedinto the pipe e6, the latter having the removable plug or'cap e7, the said trap being of any ordinary construction. The pipe e, open at its lower end, has one sidef extended as shownand provided at its lower end with a seal.. composed preferably ot' rubber diskk or'rings f', f2, substantially as in my application referred to. Thefpipe e is further provided with an opening]L14 located, as shown, behind the rack C115, so as to register with the passage 1110 when the pipe is in its normal position,or as shown in Fig. l.

When it is desiredto use the wash-bowl, the discharge pipe e is pushedzdown into its normal position Fig. 1, and the operator then turns the handle C12 until the index or finger C13-registers with the desired graduation ontheange d4, that iswith Il if hot Water be desired, C if cold, or H du, C if a-mixture. /Vith thev index or linger over 'H t C the valve c' occupies the position shown in Fig. 8, both the hot and cold water passages being incommunication with the outlet passage c1".

Vater is admitted into the bowl' herein shown through the passage g until it; is on a level with the top of the dam g', herein shown as secured to the casing o. VVith the discharge tube in its normal position shown in Fig. l, the-Water is prevented from rising in the bowl beyond the height ofthe dam g', as shown in said figure, andif water be permit- IOS IIO

ted to flow after the water in thebowl has ISO ing turned until the discharge pipe occupies the position shown in Fig. 2, thewaterin the 4bowl being then free to escape t-hrough the ports or openings e3.

5 At night time it is desirable to place an impassible barrier or seal in the outlet pipe below the over flow pipe and also to till the basin and over flow pipe with water to prevent sewer gas being admitted to the house. To accomplish this result the discharge pipe is drawn up into the position shown in Fig. 8. The disksf2 forming the barrieror seal being at such time below the overflow pipe, but above the outlet of the pipe e4, so that the pipe e4 is rendered gas tight, whereby sewer gas is prevented from escaping into the house and the water in the trap and bowl and overflow pipe is prevented from being drawn off.

By causing the water in the bowl to be discharged through the pipe e, the pipe section l) is prevented from becoming coated orlined with lilth or grease7 and if any grease or filth should find a lodgment between the tube or pipe e and the inner wall of the pipe section l), then the said filth or grease may be removed by working the discharge pipe up and down inthe said pipe section.

Referring to Figs. 9, l0, and 1l, the pipe section b is shown with an enlarged ilangem at its upper end into which the nozzle a3 may be extended.

To prevent the trap from being emptied of its water by evaporation, in case the bowl is left unused for a considerable length of time, the casing c6 is .provided with a vent or drip passage m2, see Fig. 3, through i which water may be allowed to drip drop by drop, if desired, into the over-iiow pipe, thus replacing any water which might be lost by evaporation, the handle d2 being turned to connect the water inlet passage with the drip passage or vent m2. This feature is especially advantageous when a house is shut up and vacated for a long time as in the summer months.

I claimp l. A water-receiving vessel having a single outlet passage for the escape of waste-water and sediment, an auxiliary chamber, a water supply duct connecting said chamber to said vessel, a water supply valve communicating with said vessel through said chamber and said duct, a Vdam in said chamber communieating with said outlet passage and automatically diverting the lliow of water from the said chamber into the said outlet passage whenever the water attains a predetermined height in said vessel, the said Voutlet passage and the water supplying devices being separated one from the other, and the discharge oriiice of the said supply duct being located upon a differentlevel from that of the receiving aperture of the said outlet passage, so that the waste-water and sediment are wholly excluded from the Water-supplying devices, substantially as described.

2. In a lavatory apparatus, a vessel or reprovided with a port or opening near its upper end, a rack on said tube, combined with a pinion to engage the rack on the said tube and with means, substantially as described, to operate the said pinion,as and for the purpose specilied. l

3. A vessel or receptacle having an outlet passage, an auxiliary chamber communicating with the bottom of the said vessel, an overflow pipe connecting said chamber with the said outlet passage, a valve casing in said chamber provided with water inlet and outlet passages, a valve in said casing to control t-he said inlet and outlet passages, a tube or pipe adapted to be inserted into the outlet passage of the said vessel, and provided with a port or opening near its upper end, and with a sealing device near the lower extremity of said tube, a rack `on said tube, combined with a pinion to engage the rack on the said tube, and lwith means, substantially as described, to operate the said pinion, as and for the purpose specified.

4. A vessel or receptacle having its outlet passage controlled by a movable discharge pipe c, an auxiliary chamber communicating with the said vessel, a valve casing having hot and cold water inlets and an outlet passage, a hollow valve to control said passages, and having a hollow stem extended above the top of the said vessel, a handle to operate said valve, combined with a spindle d'7 extended through the hollow valve and stem and operatively connected with the discharge pipe, as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a lavatory apparatus, a vessel A, an outlet pipe therefor, a pipe section b communicating with said outlet passage and having an enlargement to form a passage as blo, an auxiliary chamber and an overflow pipe connecting said auxiliary chamber with the said outlet passage, a discharge pipe e normally communicating with the passage b1, and a rack (115, combined with a pinion to engage said rack, and with means substantially as described extended through the overflow pipe and auxiliary chamber to operate said pinion to raise and lower the discharge pipe, substantially as specified.

6. In a lavatory apparatus, a vessel or receptacle having a water outlet, a removable discharge pipe as c, adapted to be inserted into said outlet and closed at its upper end to close the outlet to the said vessel, a port or opening c3 below the closed end in substantially close proximity thereto, combined with a pipe communicating with the outlet passage IOO IOS

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of the vessel, and with a discharge pipe elevatingmechanism extended through said pipe, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

7. In alavatory apparatus, a vessel or receptacle having an outlet passage, a removable discharge tube as c, adapted to be inserted in the outlet passage, and closed at its upper endvto form a plug for the outlet passage, anda sealing device connected to the lower end ot` the said tube to seal or close the outlet passage below the basin, substantially as described.

8. Ina lavatory apparatus, a water outlet, a pipe section b having an enlargement to form a passage blo constituting a continuation of the water'outlet, a dischargeV pipe e provided with a port e3 near its upper end and with a port ftnormally communicating with the passage blo, and a rack d1, combinedwith a pinion to engage said rack, a handle located at the top of the said apparatus, and with means substantially as described, to operatively connect the said handle and pinion, as and for the purpose specified.

9. In a lavatory apparatus a vessel or receptacle providedwith a water outlet, an auxiliary chamber communicating with the said apparatus, below the topl or surface and constituting an inlet for the said vessel and an over-ilow-pipe connecting the said chamber` with the water outlet of the apparatus, combined with a valve casingA located in said chamber'and having hot and cold water inlet andoutlet passages, and provided with a dam, andwith a valve to control said passages, substantially as described.

10. A vessel or receptacle having a discharge y pipe connected thereto, an auxiliary chamber communicating with the bottom of the said vessel and with the said discharge pipe, a valve casing in said chamber provided with water inlet and outlet passages, a valve i in said casing to control the said inlet'andv outlet passages, a tube or pipe havinga port or opening, a rack on said tube, combined with a pinion to engage the rack, and with means to operate the said pinion, whereby the saidtube may be placed in communication with the over-flow of the said auxiliary cha-mber, substantially as described.

1l. In a lavatory apparatus, a vessel-or re-VV ceptacle provided with a Water outlet, an auxiliary chamber communicating withthe said apparatus below the top or surface' and constituting an inlet for the said vessel, and an over-ilow pipe connecting the saidl chamber with the Water outlet of the apparatus, combined with a valve casing located in the said chamber and having av water inlet and outlet orifice, a valve in said casing to lcontrol said orifices, and a damv in said chamber to prevent the water in the apparatus from reaching above a predetermined height, substantially as described.

l2. A vessel or receptacle having itsoutlet passage controlled by a movable pipe, anauxiliary chamber communicating with the said vessel, a valve casing having a water inlet and outlet passage, a hollow valvestem extended above the top of the said vessel, a handle to operate said valve, combined with a spindle extended through the hollow stemand valve and connected to the said movable pipe, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof IV have signed my name to this specification in the presence ot' `two subscribing-witnesses.`

ALLEN P.' CHEQUE.

Witnesses:

J As. H. CHURCHILL, B. DEWAR. 

